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XML Sitemap Checker

A sitemap is a list of URLs you want crawled. This checker looks for one at the usual paths and in robots.txt — the two places Google actually looks.

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Where we look

robots.txt Sitemap: lines first, then /sitemap.xml and /sitemap_index.xml. If none of those return 200, we warn.

A sitemap is not a ranking boost

It does not force indexing. It stops Google guessing. Junk URLs in the file waste crawl time — keep it to canonical, indexable pages.

Submit it anyway

Once the file exists, add the Sitemap line to robots.txt and submit the URL in Search Console. Two minutes, permanent gain in discovery.

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